Kaspar Staub

PeerJ Editor & Author

Summary

I am an epidemiologist and historian interested in anthropometry, body height, obesity and neonatal health on the one hand, and historical epidemiology (past and present epidemics and pandemics, etc.) on the other. I am leading a research group at the University of Zurich at the Institute of Evolutionary Medicine.

Anthropology Epidemiology Public Health Radiology & Medical Imaging Science & Medical Education

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Past or current institution affiliations

University of Zürich

Work details

Head of Research Group

University of Zürich

Institute of Evolutionary Medicine

Identities

@KasparStaub

Websites

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PeerJ Contributions

Articles 3

April 6, 2023

Short-termed changes in quantitative ultrasound estimated bone density among young men in an 18-weeks follow-up during their basic training for the Swiss Armed Forces

Michael Strässle, Jonas Grossmann, Patrick Eppenberger, Alexander Faas, Ivanka Jerkovic, Joël Floris, Lena Öhrström, Gülfirde Akgül, Lafi Aldakak, Frank Rühli, Nicole Bender, Kaspar Staub

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.15205 PubMed 37041974

December 12, 2019

Body height and waist circumference of young Swiss men as assessed by 3D laser-based photonic scans and by manual anthropometric measurements

Claudia Beckmann, Lafi Aldakak, Patrick Eppenberger, Frank Rühli, Kaspar Staub, Nicole Bender

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8095 PubMed 31886036

February 9, 2017

Comparison of 3D laser-based photonic scans and manual anthropometric measurements of body size and shape in a validation study of 123 young Swiss men

Nikola Koepke, Marcel Zwahlen, Jonathan C. Wells, Nicole Bender, Maciej Henneberg, Frank J. Rühli, Kaspar Staub

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2980 PubMed 28289559